Olympic Clerics (27)

Athlete Nation(s) Sport(s) Role(s) Era Notes
Karen Anderson-Oldham USA ATH Olympics 1956—1960 Deacon/elder of Presbyterian Church
José Ballbé ESP HOC Olympics 2012 Roman Catholic priest
Leon Birkholc POL ROW Olympics 1928 Member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
François Brandt NED ROW Olympics 1900 Bishop of Belgium and Limburg (Liberal Catholic Church)
Christopher Chavasse GBR ATH Olympics 1908 Bishop of Rochester
Reginald Crabbe GBR ATH 1906 1906 Bishop of Mombasa
Robert de Courcy Laffan GBR Administrator 1897—1927 Minister of the Anglican Church
Louis Alexandre Despeyroux FRA ART Olympics 1924 Roman Catholic priest
Joe Fitzgerald USA HBL Olympics 1996 Roman Catholic priest
Charles Gmelin GBR ATH Olympics 1896 Priest
Jack Paul Hanlon IRL ART Olympics / Non-Medal 1948—1952 Roman Catholic priest
Robert Hilliard IRL BOX Olympics 1924 Priest of the Church of Ireland
Andrea Jaeger USA TEN Non-Medal 1984 Member of the Anglican Order of Preachers
Eric Liddell GBR ATH Olympics 1924 Member of London Missionary Society
Tait McKenzie CAN
USA
ART Olympics 1912—1948 Minister of the Free Church of Scotland
Con O'Kelly, Sr. GBR WRE Olympics 1908 Priest
Tony Ralphs USA CSP Olympics 1964 Roman Catholic priest
Bob Richards USA ATH Olympics 1948—1956 Minister in the Church of the Brethren
Johan Richthoff SWE WRE Olympics 1924—1932 Preacher of the Free Church
Carl Ridd CAN BKB Olympics 1952 Minister of the United Church of Canada
Frank Sanders, Jr. USA IHO Olympics 1972 Pastor of the Spirit of Life Bible Church
Sydney Sarel GBR ATH Olympics 1908 Parish priest of the Church of England and Rural Dean of Bethnal Green
Kenki Sato JPN EVE Olympics 2012 Buddhist priest
Dachhiri Sherpa NEP CCS Olympics / Other 2006—2014 Buddhist monk
G. C. Spencer USA ARC Olympics 1904 Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Nick Stacey GBR ATH Olympics 1952 Priest of the Church of England
Sidney Swann GBR ROW Olympics 1912—1920 Archdeacon of Nairobi